Meeting old friends and making new ones: Volodymyr Zelensky addressing the 2023 G& summit in Hiroshima.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Like anyone else, Russians still go to the pub, even if the TV is state controlled.
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Polarisation inside Russia and with Ukrainians and other Europeans is very unhelpful.
A Ukrainian soldier carries a rocket to fire towards Russian positions on the frontline.
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There are no polemics in Serhii Plokhy’s book about the Russo-Ukranian war. The Ukranian historian lets the facts speak – showing remarkable restraint.
First reports: an image taken from a video purporting to be a damaged building in the Belgorod region, Russia, Monday, May 22, 2023.
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Early reports suggest pro-Kyiv and anti-Putin partisans have launched significant attacks on Russian soil.
Stefan Wolff accepts the Sir Paul Curran Award on behalf of himself and Tetyana Malyarenko.
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Two authors stood out for the 2022 award: Stefan Wolff at the University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko of Odesa University.
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An ‘unscheduled’ visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky certainly raised the stakes for the summit at a critical time in the war.
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The infighting is dangerous for the Kremlin. It’s becoming harder for Vladimir Putin to dissociate himself from serious errors of judgement on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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Zelensky has undoubtedly presented his European allies with a ‘credible plan and realistic requirements for support’.
A satellite image shows burning homes in Chernihiv, Ukraine, in March 2022.
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Digital evidence is becoming a routine fixture for war crimes investigations, including the one focused on Ukraine, changing the landscape for international tribunal investigations.
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The UK’s proscription of Wagner would be an important global signal, but is not without risks.
It was a much scaled-back Victory Day parade ihis year.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
The stage of the 67th annual Eurovision Song Contest at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
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2023 sees the UK host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. But what role does the stage itself have to play in the musical spectacle?
Experts expect the war in Ukraine to be a lengthy, grinding conflict similar to what is playing out in Bakhmut.
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The author was part of a delegation to Kyiv of military, intelligence and diplomatic experts. Here are his impressions.
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It’s absolutely critical for Ukraine that its counteroffensive succeeds. If it doesn’t, the international coalition that has kept Ukraine in the fight may well come to favour a negotiated settlement.
Running a few bilateral ideas up the flagpole.
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The meeting is just the second US state visit during the Biden administration. It comes as Washington and Seoul face common concerns.
U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy near a Kyiv cathedral during Biden’s surprise visit in February 2023.
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Will Joe Biden be able to maintain the balance that has so far allowed him to avoid serious Vietnam-like errors in Ukraine?
A tank in the Donbas, an area of eastern Ukraine where armed conflict with Russian forces has been going on since 2014.
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Western society has become strangely unaware of the horrors of modern war, says an expert.
In for the long haul: Ukrainian troops digging in around Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
A Russian peacekeeper guards the Lachin corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
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Renewed fighting in the South Caucasus has some wondering, “Where are the great powers?”
The Day of Memory for Truth and Justice is held every year in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires commemorating the victims of the military dictatorship, March 24 1976 to December 10 1983.
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Hundreds of children were stolen from their parents during the dictatorship in Argentina, but over the years some have been reunited with their families.